How many friendships have you had to end

[flibbitygiblets]

10. I'll try again.

To that last person's point, I don't see this as a political issue. I see it as life or death. And to be clear, I live in the country and own a gun. Never use it, but police are at last an hour away, so it's there, locked up.

It seems to me more and more likely that any one who can't stop talking about how we need MORE guns, in the immediate aftermath of a mass shooting, might have a problem. These people don't want to talk about common sense approaches, just want to arm teachers, arm everyone, more guns now please. Any suggestion of stricter regulation is interpreted as "coming to get your guns this very second". They're also prone to bullying, (some of which seems to be happening here as well unfortunately). I choose to label this phenomenon as gun fever, sorry if that offends you.

However, my decision to cut ties with them is based on the militancy of their stance, the bullying that wasn't there before, and an unwillingness to consider any sort of compromise.

I have many friends, some of whom are teachers. My daughter wants to be a teacher. I don't want to be friends with these people Any more.